Knitted glove and method of making the same



F. E. JONES,

KNITTED GLOVE AND METHOD DF MAKING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 30, I9I9.

Patented Apr. 18, 1922.

Iman/31027: wan/ic E Jones, @gM-h FRANK E. JONES, OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HEMPHILL COMPANY, OF CENTRAL FALLS, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

KNITTED GLOVE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME. y

T o all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. JoNns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement in Knitted Gloves and Methods of .Making the Same, of which the following description, in connection with the Y accompanying drawings, is a specification,

like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a knitted glove and method of making the same.

It is the object of this invention to provide a knitted glove wherein certain parts are composed of strips ofv fabricA produced by reciprocating knitting, the edges of said strips beingreinforced by specially formed selvages thereby to provide stronger and more uniform edges for supporting the stitches of the seams which unite the edges of said strips.

Referring to the drawings wherein are disclosed merely for purposes of illustration gloves embodying the essential features of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a glove blank constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of another form of glove embodying the characteristics of this invention; and

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic plan View of a portion of one of the selvages illustrating the formation of the loops thereof upon a greatly enlarged scale.

In the drawings, referring more particularly to Fig. l, there is illustrated a glove formed entirely by reciprocating knitting consisting of a strip of fabric including front and back hand coverings 1 and 2, which hand coverings are united by a plurality of strips 3, 4, 5 and 6 of fabric constituting the digit strips of the glove and which are knitted integral with said front and back hand coverings. The strips 3, 4, 5 and 6 are each formed by reciprocating knitting substantially double the length of their respective ngers, and in the present instance these strips are shown fashioned midway of their length in any suitable manner. as by the usual narrowing and widening, to provide tapered finger tips capable of more readily conforming to the ends of the fingers of the hand, said fashioned portions being illustrated at 3,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 30, 1919. Serial No. 293,692.

4:', 5 and 6 of the four finger strips, respectively.

'Connected with the front hand covering 1 of the strip, there is also shown a strip of -fabric 7 constituting the thumb strip, and

of, and the front and back hand strips'l and A 2 being likewise formed by`reciprocating knitting also have similar selvaged edges along opposite sides thereof, and these edges, as in the case of the edges of -said finger strips, are subsequently seamed together to complete the formation of the glove.

It is to be distinctly understood that the invention is not limited to the particular type of glove herein shown and it is within the scope and purpose thereof to employ any type of blank embodying a strip or strips of fabric formed by reciprocating knitting. For example, in Fig. 2 a glove blank of quite a different character is illustrated, yet it embodies substantially all of the principal features of the invention. In this blank the hand portion 8 is a tubular web formed by rotary knitting and extends from'the edge 9 of the wrist to the base-line 10 of the fingers. Formed integral with said tubular hand 8, is a thumb strip 11 herein similar to the thumb strip 7 of the blank previously described. This strip is likewise substantially double the length of the thumb and, as herein shown, the tip 12 of said strip is fashioned so as to ymore readily adapt itself to the form of the thumb'.

As distinguished from the construction of the finger strips of the previous blank, the finger strips 'of Fig. 2 are each of finger length and knitted reciprocatingly integral with the hand section 8, the first finger strip 13 thereof being double the width of the finger and oppositely selvaged at a', a upon the inside of the finger. The second finger covering 14 is composed of front and back strips 16 and 17V, respectively, which are likewise formed by reciprocating knitting to produce selvaged edges al, a. at opposite sides thereof, these strips being single width strips as distinguished from the strip 13. The third finger covering l5 is likewise formed reciproinbefore described is effected by the stitching together of the adjacent selvages a., a and a, a', respectively, of the two types of blanks hereinbefore described.

In order to produce a neat and durable glove,.it is desirable that the selvage edges of the vario-us strips of the blanks be even and relatively stronger than the fabric to adequately support the stitches-of the seams formed by uniting adjacent vedges of said strips. 1t is with such objects in view that the present invention has been provided, and in the carrying out of the same a rotaryreciprocatory knitting machine is preferably, though not essentially, employed, upon and by which are formed the selvaged or reinforced edges a and a consisting of interengaged loops approximating twice the length of the regular loops 29 of the strips at the edges whereof said selvages are. formed, and these Selvages are adapted to be produced along each edgewheresoever a. selvage is required to provide the necessary support for the stitches of which the seams uniting the adjacent edges of the strips are composed.

Fig. 3 illustrates a section greatly enlarged -of any one of the selvaged strips of either type of blank hereinbefore described. The selvages of said strip, as indicated at 25, 25, herein comprise continuous'series of units 26, 26 formed at opposite edges of the strip, and each is composed of a relatively large, complete loop 27 and a relatively large, partial loop 28 formed from the same yarn that is employed in the formatiton of the regular loops 29 of the fabric and approximating twice the size of said loops 29.

The strip at the edges whereof said selvage-forming or reinforcing loops are disposed, is composed of partial courses 30, 31, 32, etc.. the yarns thereof extending alternately from edge to edge of the strip. That is, the Course 30 will be formed by one reciprocatory movement of the machine,' that is with the needles moving in the direction of the arrow b, and the course 31 will be formed while the needles of the machine are moving in the reverse direction to that indicated, Said courses 30 and 31 being united, in the present instance, at the left-hand side of the strip of Fig. 3 by one of the units composed of the complete loop 27 and the partial loop 28, while the courses 31 and 32 are likewise united at the right-hand side of said section by a unit also composed of a complete loop 27 and partial loop 28. Thus a series of interengaged loops will be formed of double yarns approximating twicethe size of the ordinary loops 29 of the fabric and forming a reinforced series of loops along each side of said strip.

A desirable method of forming a glove blank having oppositely reinforced selvaged edges, as hereinbore described, consists in knitting either reciprocatively or rotatively upon a series of needles, according to the type of glove blank that is to be used, then in knitting upon selected groups of said needles integral with the fabric: previously formed and in any desired sequence, a plurality of digit strips and in formipg upon the end needles of said groups complete and partial loops 27 and 28, and then in eecting the inter-engagement of said loops 27 and 28 with the next similarly formed loops of said needles. In other words, the machine, uponr which the blank is to be formed, if said blank is of the type shown in Fig. 1, will be operated reciprocatively to produce either the front or the back hand strip 1 or 2, according to the point in the glove where knitting is started.,y 1f the front is knitted first, the entiregroup or series of needles of the machine 'will beemployed, and during the first movement of said series the, first needle of said series will, during` its movement toward the knitting cams, be raised by suitable instrumentalities, such as a narrowing picker, to its inoperative position to pass by said knitting cams without being operated thereby. Consequently the loop which was previously formed upon said first neeheld over one movement of its group of needles, and as'said needle passes the yarn feeding means a new yarn will be laid partly therearound to form the partial loop 28. The second needle of the set will pass into the knitting cams together with all of the needles of said series following thereafter and function in the natural way to produce new loops and to cast ofil the old loops thereof. During the reverse movement of the needle cylinder, the last needle of said series which I 4105 dle, that is the complete loop 27, will be'.

function naturally to produce a complete loop 27, but upon the next reverse movement of said series of needles, said last needle will now become the first of the series and in approaching the knitting cams will be raised by any suitable means, such as a narrowing picker, to pass-over said knitting cams so as not to be operated thereby; but in passing said cams and the yarn-feeding means thereof, a new yarn will be laid partly around said first needle and form the partial loop 2S upon said needle with the complete loop 27 previously formed thereon.

All of the needles following thereafter, including the needle which was first in the preceding movement of the series, will pass through said cams and function naturally to form new loops.

The subsequent movements of the needle.

carrier with the series of needles thereon result in the formation of similar units comp( ed of complete and partial loops 27 and 28, which units are inter-engaged to form a continuous chain of loops along each side of the hand strip, and by reason of the fact that the loop upon said needles is held over one movement of the cylinder without casting oft', the loops so formed will approXimate twice the length of the regular loops of the fabric, and these loops will be composed of double yarns, thereby providing ample support for the stitches whereby the edges of said strips are seamed together.

In a like manner may be formed the selvaged or reinforced edges of each and every strip, Whether thumb, digit or hand strip of the glove.

IVhile I have herein shown and described for illustrative purposes certain embodi.

be made without departing from the principles thereof.

I claiml. In a knitted glove, a strip of fabric provided Witha selvaged edge consisting of double, inter-engaged loops approximating twice the length of the loops of said strip.

2. In a glove, a knitted web having opposite-ly selvaged edges consisting of a continuous series of relatively large double loops.

3. In a knitted glove. a plurality of digit strips each consisting of partial courses composed of yarn extending alternately from edge to edge of said strips, and a series of relatively large, inter-engaged partial and complete loops formed at opposite edges of said strip from successive course-connecting sections of said yarn.

4f. In a knitted glove, a hand covering, and a pluraliy of selvaged digit strips formed integral with said hand covering, the selvages of said strips consisting of a series of inter-engaged units each composed of partial and complete loops and substantially double the size of the regular loops of said strips.

5. In a knitted glove, a hand covering, and a plurality of selvaged thumb and finger strips formed integral with said hand covering, the selvages of said strips consisting of a series of inter-engaged units .each composed of partial and complete loo-ps substantially double the `size of the loops composing said strips.

6. A machine knitted fiat web having selvages formed along opposite edges composed of relatively large, double loops formed from successive course connecting.

sections of the yarn, one of said double loops being connected through the closed end of a previously formed selvage loop with one of the courses of the fabric, the other of said double loops being connected at the throat end of a subsequent selvage loop with a successive course of the fabric. l

7. In a knitted gloove, a' hand covering and a 4.plurality of selvaged digit strips formed integral with said hand covering,

. `the selvages of said strips consisting of a series of inter-engaged units, ea'ch composed of partial and `complete loops having connection respectively through subsequent and preceding loops of said selvage with successive courses of said strip. i

8. That method of forming a glove which consists in knitting' a strip of fabric constituting a hand covering, then in .knitting a series of narrow strips of fabric integral with said hand covering constituting digit strips, andv in forming from successive 'course-connecting sections of yarn a partial andv al complete loopboth of which are interknitted With similar loops of the next course-connecting section of yarn.

i 9. That method of forming a glovewhich consists in knitting a strip of fabric composed of partial courses and, during the formation thereof, in knitting from successive course-conneoting sections of yarn, a partial and a complete loop and in interknitting said partial' and complete loops with similar loops formed from successive course-connecting sectionsy of yarn, then in knitting a plurality of overlapping digit strips integral with the first-mentioned strip and forming, during the knitting of said digit strips, partial and complete loops from the courseconnecting sections of yarn of said strips interengaging with similar loops of successive courses to form reenforced selvaged edges.

10. In a knitted glove, a strip of fabric plete loops approximating twice the size of the regular loops of the fabric and formed l0 from successive course-connecting sections of yarn.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

FRANK E. JNES. 

